The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-26


water from IS 1-2 TO IA Ia feet, and that
all vessels come and so without trouble.
The Ellaville mills are shipping 10000
feet of lumber daily now. When the big
mill" is in full blast, 10000 viii be reached.
The sharpe Bonito brought in 1900
pounds pompano and 1000 mullet for the
s. & G. Company, Cedar Key, last Thurs
day
The remains of Mr.. 2. T. Crawford, late
Receiver of the United States Land Office
at Gainesville, were sent to Bainbridge, Ca,
for burial.
c. L. Bucki, of the firm of L. Bucki g. Son,
Ellaville, was married in New York Mon
day. Ellaville had picnic in honor of
the occasion.
Upon application Bishop Weed has
granted mission to the members of the
Episcopal church at Quincy, and in short
time will appoint the officers.
The steamer Stafford brought up 1900
crates of vegetables the other day to Cedar
Key. The train was detained two hours
transferring express freights.
A stock company has been formed to
build an opera house at Arcadia. The build
ing is to be 60X100, two stories high and will
cost, when completed, about $4,000.
Post offices az Florence, st. Johns county
Lake Orma, Orange county, and at Sylvan
Lake, Orange county, have been closed. A
new one has been opened at Midland, Polk
county.
Fred w. Boyer, the polite and popular
agent of the Florida Southern at Pember-
ton, has resigned that agency for the pur-
pose of embarking in the mercantile bust
ness at Palatka.
Quite force of men are employed laying
the iron on the railroad bed between May
ToaIrexN.,xvs11, he. I,,sI a
completed and the road is expected to be in
operation next month.
The Cuban cattle market, which has been
closed for two years, has opened with orders
for 500 head of beef cattle per week If this
market keeps open all summer Manatee
county will be deluged with Spanish gold
MeSsrs. J. J. Blount & Co., of Fit. Myers,
have over 1900 bird skins they are getting
ready for shipment. 1t is a fine lot. Among
them. are a few parakeets-the native
Florida parrot-lSilled at Lake Okeechobee.
A Daytona truckster has shipped over
forty barrels of cabbages, and another has
gathered over nine bushels of very nice
Irish potatoes from small patch. He has
just begun digging.
Patrick Kelly, son of Erin, leaped from
the Suwannee bridge at Ellaville, Monday,
and swan ashore unhurt. There was no
could do. The height of the bridge. was
sixty feet.
Bradford county's Sunday schools will
organize on June "a and % in convention
to find out the number of schools, officers
and scholars, denomination of schools,
where new schools are needed and condition
of libraries.
The Chipley merchants so far have bought
some sixty bales of wool and have contracts
on hand for a considerable quantity more
Prices still seem to be on the ascendant and
both farmers and merchants this season will
make money.
So far this year Florida has had three new
foundries and machine shops, ten saw mills,
four water works, two mining companies,
four railroads, one rice mill, five cotton
mills, three cigar factories, and fifteen mis-
cellaneous industries.
Palatka has something of a curiosity in
the vegetable line in the way of cucumber
measuring IL inches in length and inches
in circumference. 1t was raised two miles
west of Palatka and the seed was imported
from England.
Mr. Moragne lot Eaton & Moragne), drug
giSt, of Augustine, met with very
painful accident, being shot through the right
hand Monday while cleaning his revolver by
its premature discharge, the ball passing
through the feshy part and coming out
near. the wrist &c '1sA . so
A party at Chipley, in the interest of the
Georgia Central, is preparing estimates for
road from Atlanta through .Chipley to
st. Andrews Bay. The object is to get
there ahead of the rival system, who desire
to secure the only remaining deep water
harbor on the gulf.
There are in the new town of Citra one
hotel, nine general merchandise stores two
drug stores, one millinery and notion store,
one green grocery, two beef markets, one
newspaper two churches, an excellent
school building, blacksmith, silversmith,
bakery, tin shop and OTHER enterprises.
Information is wanted as to the where
Joseph A. Mcclellan, who was last heard
from at Seville or Sanford, six months ago.
His old and invalid mother would be thank
full for any information about him Her
address is Mrs NJ Nj. Mcclellan, Madison,
Fla.
The Anthony graded school, spring term,
is nearing a close. The pupils are under
going general review A public examina-
ton will embrace May 80 and 81. A picnic
will be rendered the school at its close Prof
Leonard viii then take his family TO his old
home, Memphis, Tenn, where they will
spend the summer.
ne SUetuneT OlUy Oh JdckSOnNllIe on q
recent trip up the river, carried 3,049 pack
ages of freight. On her down trip she
brought 1,600 crates vegetables She went
out Tuesday heavily laden with freight and
fair passenger list. River freights in
quantity are greatly in excess of what they
were at this time last year.
Sanford Journal: H. b. Lords patent
burglar alarm exploded prematurely
Tuesday night, and that gentleman was
soon at his new store accompanied by a po-
liceman. A thorough investigation of the
premises did not reveal u burglar, and Mr..
Lord returned to his home somewhat re-
lieved, if slightly disguised.
"Way down on the Suwannee river" Is
literal now. The water is so low and clear
that one can see the little fishes disporting iu
the sunny wave. The young people are
eloquent and poetical ON the subject, but
some Of the loggers are more forcible in
their expression of disgust than otherwise.
The water is so low they cannot pass the
shoals.
The last of the series of base ball games
between the Welaka and Pomona clubs was
played on Saturday last, resulting in vic
tory for the Pomona club. The game was
witnessed by large number of people and
the liveliest interest WIS taken by all. The
Pomona club feels proud of its victory, for
the Welakas are fine players and the battle
was hard fought one.
Capt E. +. Vail is now in st. Augustine
making preparations to build an elegant